book meme!

brought to you by jamie:
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
oh dear. perhaps i'm not worthy of a book meme, as i don't know fahrenheit 451. what happens to books there? i don't think i want to knw.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
oh, yes. absolutely. harry in the blue sword. willa in truth, dare, promise. weetzie bat. meg in quest for a maid. mona in tales of the city. the cousin in born confused. every single hero in grace livingston hill books. i read alot of romance, it seems.

The last book you bought is:
well, i put anne lamot's bird by bird on order at the bookstore today. and the book most recently put on my bookshelf is further tales of the city, a's xmas gift. but the last book i actually gave up money for is Creative nonfiction: researching and crafting stories of real life, unfortunately. bleach, textbooks.

The last book you read:
breaking silence: coming-out letters by xanthus press

What are you currently reading?
the new vegetarian epicure by anna thomas
passionate vegetarian by crescent dragonwagon
shiva's fire by suzanne fisher staples

what's next in line?
just checked out from the library:
the kandy kolored tangerine flake streamline baby by tom wolfe
watermark by karen kallmacker
two teenagers in twenty by ann heron
skin and other short stories by roald dahl
rainbow boys by alex sanchez
the gravedigger's cottage by chris lynch
the house on mango street by sandra cisneros
now that i communte with my ipod, perhaps this is optimistic for three weeks...

how do you choose these books mentioned above?
i collect lists from libraries and friends. i also subscribe to the teen book club at dear reader. i used to just collect little scraps of paper, but now i type them up and organize them in little folders to keep on my ipod: reading public library, picture books, mtv, grrl perspective, gay kids, book-o-week, and lil notes books

Five books you would take to a deserted island:
1001 coconut recipies
raftmaking for dummies
tidal current tables 2005
the solitare mystery by jostien gaarder
many waters by madeline l'engle

but if i'm not stranded, and it's just a deserted island, and i was going to be there for, oh, more than a year, and i couldn't take any more books with me, but i would have someone else carry them for me, i would perhaps choose:
dangerous angels if anthologies were counted, girl goddess #9 if not (or if i have to carry them myself)
the drifters by james michner
enchantment by orson scott card
and both were young by madeline l'engle
outlaws of sherwood by robin mckinley
the narnia chronicles, if they all will count as one. otherwise, i'd take the short story aproach and take bauer's am i blue? and elizabeth crane's when the messenger is hot. (her new book of short stories comes out today! horray!)


Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
a, because she's got laptop access now and can leave long comments even if she's not blogging
justine, because she'd do my memes anyway
bethmonkey, cause i know she reads interesting things even if she doesn't acknolage my existence.